“Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy”, I read as I crossed the gates of what seemed to me, at that moment, a place full of deception, corruption and lost dreams. Little did I know that that place would become a staple in my life when I needed to find the feeling of feeling perfectly satisfied. When I visited Disneyland in 2011, ten years after my first visit, all my prejudices about a brainwashing society vanished. Instead, I realized that this very place was filled with enough dreams and magic to lift a brooding teenager from a tantrum to a state of contentment. Disneyland had the power to restore stolen innocence to the young and frail. During the spring of 2011, my family had a trip to the theme park planned. I wasn't too keen on it because of my rebellious "I'm too cool for this kid stuff" phase. On the day of the park visit my attitude had not wavered. We woke up at a time when a teenager should still be in bed and skipping breakfast, all in the hopes of avoiding the terrible jokes. I already entered the park in a terrible mood. M...